7.5 CLE credits approved by the Florida Bar. The 7.5 credits will also qualify as Certification Credits for International Litigation & Arbitration and International Law.
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Conference Itinerary
Join us for a day packed with debates, discussions and presentations from some of the leading Arbitrators and international trade dispute resolution experts from around the world.
Registration and networking
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Light breakfast
Welcome remarks
9:00 – 9:15 a.m.
Richard C. Lorenzo, Chairman, Miami International Arbitration Society (MIAS) and Regional Managing Partner - Americas, Hogan Lovells LLP (Miami).
Thayane Machin Martinez, President, Miami Law International Arbitration Society Student Organization
1st debate
9:15 -10:45 a.m.
Proposition I: ISDS will no longer exist in 20 years
Moderator: Bernardo Cremades, Founding Partner, B. Cremades y Asociados (Madrid)
Debaters for the proposition:
Margie-Lys Jaime, Legal Adviser, Office of Investment Arbitration, Ministry of Economy & Finance (Panama)
Diego Gosis, Partner, GST LLP (Miami)
Debaters against the proposition:
Renzo Seminario Cordova, Senior Associate, King & Spalding (Miami)
Deva Villanúa, Independent Arbitrator (Madrid)
Coffee break and networking
10:45– 11:15 a.m
2nd debate
11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Proposition II: A rule against double hatting will impede the generational change in ISDS arbitrators
Moderator: Katharine Menéndez de la Cuesta, Partner, Holland & Knight (Miami)
Debaters for the proposition:
Mélida N. Hodgson, Partner, Arnold Porter (New York)
Andrés Moreno, Partner, Moreno Baldivieso Estudio de Abogados (Bolivia)
Debaters against the proposition:
Juan Carlos Castillo, Partner, Aguilar Castillo Love (Guatemala)
Elisabeth Eljuri, Elisabeth Eljuri P.A. (Miami)
Lunch and keynote address
12:45 – 2:15 p.m.
Introduced by MAW23 Platinum Sponsor, Harry Burnett, Partner, King & Spalding (Miami) and MIAS Director
Keynote speaker, Alexis Mourre, Founding Partner, MGC Arbitration (Paris).
Interviewer: Carolyn Lamm, Partner at White & Case and Distinguished Faculty Chair of Miami Law’s International Arbitration Institute, University of Miami School of Law.
Coffee and dessert
2:15– 2:45 p.m
Tylney Hall-style symposium
2:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Symposium Moderators: Estefania San Juan, Partner, White & Case (Miami) and Josefa Sicard-Mirabal, Arbitrator, Sicard Mirabal ADR (New York)
Closing remarks
4:15 – 4:30 p.m.
Richard C. Lorenzo, MIAS Chairman, and Regional Managing Partner - Americas, Hogan Lovells LLP (Miami)
Silvia Marchili, Chair-Elect MIAS 2024 and Partner, White & Case (Miami)
Donald Hayden, Co-Host, MIAS Past Chair and Managing Partner, Mark Migdal & Hayden (Miami)
Luis O’Naghten, Co-Host, MIAS Past Chair and Partner, Nelson Mullins (Miami)
It's going to be a great day!
